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Gayathri (1973 film)

1973 film by P. N. Menon

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ18343614 ↗
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Gayathri is a 1973 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by P. N. Menon. The film stars Jayabharathi, Raghavan, MG Soman and Shubha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. M. G. Soman made his debut in the film.

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The public source identifies “Gayathri (1973 film)” as 1973 film by P. N. Menon. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gayathri, film and Menon.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1973. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gayathri, film and Menon providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18343614. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gayathri (1973 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.